lower the boom
Example Sentences
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“If anything the DA may perceive this as an unapologetic scapegoat tactic and lower the boom even harder. You and I will be collateral damage in this tragedy and approach, it makes no sense.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2022
Insist we must, or we’ll lower the boom: No “consulting with Richard” when you’re on Zoom.
From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2020
“But we try to help students. We are an educational institution, after all. We’re not really here to lower the boom on them. We’re here to help them learn from their mistakes.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2014
Would he play things cool, keeping Walt close until he was ready to lower the boom?
From Time • Aug. 12, 2013
He personally conducted only those cases that would give him ironclad publicity; he preferred to lower the boom on a lighter charge than chance an acquittal.
From The Fourth R by Smith, George Oliver
